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Schone, Bernd R

Physiologically-driven rhythms in bivalve molluscs are predicted to vary as a function of metabolic rate and temperature, in contrast to genetically predisposed biological clocks. These rhythms can be evaluated using long-term video monitoring techniques under controlled conditions in laboratory aquaria. The bivalves Anodonta cygnea and Margaritifera falcata were used to evaluate the effect of temperature on rhythms in gape and the formation of siphons at the mantle edge. Frequency and duration of shell closure vary with temperature in both species, but with different responses. Mean duration of intervals of valve closure decreases as temperature rises in both species, and is consistent with physiological limitation...
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